On a second-and-seven play on the Bears’ second possession Monday night, tight end Demetrius Harris dropped what would have been a first-down catch and you could almost hear a collective groan from Bears fans.
The Bears drafted tight end Cole Kmet in the second round, signed Jimmy Graham in free agency — and their first target in a marquee game is to Demetrius Harris?
Sure enough, Bears coach Matt Nagy seemed to be thinking along the same lines. On the first play from scrimmage on their next drive — after the Rams scored on Jared Goff’s four-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reynolds for a 7-0 lead — Bears quarterback Nick Foles threw a deep ball for Kmet that the 6-6, 258-pound rookie from Notre Dame corralled along the left sideline for a 38-yard gain to the the Rams 44-yard line.